Mayor orders ‘hands off’ for employees in tax and permit transactions

Wed, 01/12/2011 - 14:06 — Anonymous

BAGUIO CITY – Mayor Mauricio Domogan in his first Administrative Order this year called on city hall employees to ‘stay away’ from business permit transactions and leave them to the taxpayers themselves.
Observations from previous years show taxpayers engage the services of several city government employees in the processing and renewal of business permits, Domogan said.
However, these employees spend several hours, if not several days in the offices concerned working out these permits affecting their performance in their respective offices, he added.
It is also observed that the acquaintance and familiarity as well as influence of these city employees with offices concerned creates undue advantage over taxpayers who do not have connections.
This practice of employees has to be corrected, he stressed.
The order came just as the schedule for application of new, renewal of business permits and payment of business taxes opened January 3 cramming the City Treasury office with early taxpayers wanting to avail of the 20% discount.
I am requesting the taxpayers to complete their documents first before transacting with city hall to avoid hassles, he exclaimed.
Domogan said ‘no employee shall intercede and or hand carry in behalf of any applicant or permittee for issuance of new, renewal of business permits’ and ‘only employees directly involved in the processing of said permit maybe allowed to handle the processing thereof in their respective offices.
Administrative sanctions for these offenses include reprimand for the 1st offense, suspension for 1 to 30 days for the second offense and dismissal from government service for the 3rd offense.
Though the city is embarking on a program to address business processing speed dubbed “Business Processing and Licensing System” reforms or BPLS, applicants still have to undergo several steps and procedures in various offices for the issuance of their permits awaiting for BPLS reforms implementation.
Application for business permits however have been streamlined in AO153 which enforced a simpler method for the processing of the renewal of business permits requiring only the presentation of a Sanitary Permit, Barangay Clearance, Treasury Office Clearance and a certification of payment of taxes.
Taxpayers are advised to transact business only with employees tasked for the job.
I hope the taxpayers pay early to avoid surcharges and penalties, Domogan quipped. ***paul rillorta

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